'Twas the Night Before Christmas in Florida


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A classic Christmas story featuring all the magic of Santa combined with the magic of your favorite city, state, or country. It's the night before Christmas and you're nestled snug in your bed. Your stocking is hung by the chimney with care--will Santa visit your house? Follow Santa's journey in this magical retelling of a Christmas classic starring the locations and landmarks that make the place where you live special!




The Twelve Days of Christmas in Florida


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Through letters and a funny story based on the classic Christmas song, popular illustrator Remkiewicz takes youngsters on a holiday trip to Florida while presenting fun facts about the Sunshine State. Full color.




The Night Before Christmas in Florida


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Santa is slowed down by all the fun activities in Florida, then realizes he's going to be late for Christmas! He borrows a space shuttle from the guys at Cape Canaveral--hopefully it's fast enough to save Christmas!




T'was the Night Before Kickoff


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The unofficial life stories of University of Florida's mascots Albert and Alberta in rhyme.




'Twas the Night Before Christmas in West Virginia


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A classic Christmas story featuring all the magic of Santa combined with the magic of your favorite city, state, or country. It's the night before Christmas and you're nestled snug in your bed. Your stocking is hung by the chimney with care--will Santa visit your house? Follow Santa's journey in this magical retelling of a Christmas classic starring the locations and landmarks that make the place where you live special!




Florida Girl


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Florida Girl is a personal and historical depiction of a way of life that was typical for many African Americans families whose existence in this country began with the shackles of slavery continuing into the Civil Rights era of the nineteen sixty's. In the search to find links to her family history the author discovers the white slave owner of her paternal Great Great Grandfather Henry Sorey. She has also traced the maternal link to her Great Grandfather and Great Grandmother, Willis and Easter Smith Dixon. These stories could not be told without reflecting on her life and sharing a part of her soul. The author maintains the love, respect and admiration for her family and a close-knit community. She is thankful that she has lived to write her stories. Stories that are part of the legacy of herself; her family; Clearwater, Florida; Pinellas County and the state of Florida.




Florida Folk Homestyle Poetry


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Thought of Time and Rhyme consists of original verse penned relating to three different periods of life. In each period, you may feel the attitude of change, not only in the person, but in the land. Verses tell of that time, feelings of the day that are relevant for that place and time, from a personal pint of view. A view of DREAMS. Living through days in the life of this young Florida boy, growing into adult, situations encountered and what happens to ecology balance when humanity floods a serenity place, trying to hold onto places and lands that have survived where they were originally, over 437 years past, without radical change.




The Old Dad


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The Old Dad By: Vincent Capodicci, Jr. The Old Dad is about having a child in your forties and the ups and downs that immediately come into one’s life, focusing on the good, bad, unbelievable, and plain humorous aspects of being a dad. Couples having children in their forties is becoming a regular occurrence. Older couples tend to have a majority of their lives established, allowing older couples to focus more on the child. The author has been serving his country in one capacity or another for more than twenty years and and has been actively involved with the War on Terror since day one. Having a child at this time of his life has helped him realize that he must continue his efforts to make the world a safer place for not only his family, but for other families as well. It put things in perspective. Readers may realize that having a child at any age is tough, and many people may not know that, for the most part, age is just a number and you get out of life what you put into it. Having a child is one of the best things that can happen in one’s life.




Tampa Bay Magazine


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Tampa Bay Magazine is the area's lifestyle magazine. For over 25 years it has been featuring the places, people and pleasures of Tampa Bay Florida, that includes Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg. You won't know Tampa Bay until you read Tampa Bay Magazine.




Sitting on a Rainbow


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My poems and short letters are all about my challenges in life, my sadness, happiness, family, friends, love of life but most of all "God" and his angels that he sent for me to protect, fight along side of me in my life and give me the encouragement, strength, health to fulfill his plans for me! Many of you have much of the same story as me but I just want to let you know there is happiness following the rainbow. Each time you get knocked down, dust yourself off, get back on your feet, one foot in front of the other and fight all your strength to move on, things will look brighter and you know you have not reached the end of the rainbow. May God Bless each and everyone on your journey that has been prepared for you....